Owing to the global trend towards sustainable development and the aim of becoming a recycling society, many countries have recently chosen appropriate areas for establishing ecological or environmental science and technology parks. The concept involves allowing industry make a connection between input and output, thus expanding to connect the living circles of cities. The ultimate aim is to infuse industrial development into ecologically recycled systems. Countries such as Denmark, Canada, Spain, the Netherlands, and Japan have all implemented ecological projects. To comply with global trends towards sustainable development and the objective of becoming a recycling society, the Taiwanese EPA is establishing four environmental science and technology parks (ESTPs)。 For quickly establishing these ESTPs, the ESTP Guidance Committee have held two committees, and the EPA have held 14 work shops on ESTPs design, construction and invitation of investors during 2005. The project team has completed the necessary documents for seeking prospective investors. A seminar and exhibition on the ESTPs were also held in Taiwan this year. Currently 17 companies have been approved for admittance to the ESTPs in Kaohsiung and Tainan. To let members of various sectors know about the ESTPs, this investigation has gathered information on environmental science and technology parks to serve as a reference. Through this approach, we hope that people involved in all sectors learn about the ESTP and contribute their valuable input to improving environmental technology in Taiwan and enhancing the quality of the environment.

ecologically,Environmental Science and Technology Park,Sustainable development